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The Hall of Justice

He made another hall, named the Hall of Justice. The throne from which he judged cases was located there. The hall was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling.[a]

Palaces for Solomon and Pharaoh’s Daughter

His house in which he lived was made the same way. It was on the other side of a courtyard behind the Hall of Pillars.[b] Solomon also made another house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

All of these were made of high-quality stone, precisely cut to the exact measure, trimmed with saws on both sides. Such stones were used from the foundation to the edge of the roof, from the outside of the complex to the great courtyard on the inside.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:7 Ceiling is the reading of the Latin and Syriac. The Hebrew reads from floor to floor.
  2. 1 Kings 7:8 The meaning of this sentence is uncertain.